California Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

California wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the California region.

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	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 NW	4.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	14	9	7	16	7	6	6	7	8	10	11	7	10	10
Energy(?)	1138	2846	1974	1484	1117	818	669	548	275	261	405	266	166	300	452	195	702	1385	1784	763	3232	1826
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:33PM 1.99	9:23AM 2.61		10:42PM 1.94	10:22AM 2.64		11:47PM 2.27	11:13AM 2.63		12:19AM 2.38	10:40AM 1.77		12:50AM 2.46	12:22PM 2.05		11:12PM 1.93		1:31PM 2.28	1:48AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		3:40PM -0.16	3:27AM 1.09		4:16PM -0.17	3:55AM 0.91	4:26AM 0.90	5:13PM -0.22		5:16AM 0.70	5:51PM -0.16		4:38AM 0.42	6:21PM -0.08		6:20AM 0.38	6:59PM 0.12		7:27AM 0.30		7:31PM 0.32	7:43AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	10	7	13	11	9	12	13	13	13	16	20	16	17	13	20	10	10	12	17	16	16
Low °C	14	8	5	10	9	8	12	12	11	12	15	17	15	14	11	18	8	8	10	12	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	7	5	13	10	8	12	13	13	12	15	20	16	16	12	20	7	9	10	16	15	16
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.2 SSW	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.0 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	12	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	9	7	7	7	12	6	15	8	10	11	11	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	12	9	8	9	9	10	8	8	14	9	13	16	12	16	17	13	12	18	14	16	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	1.4 NW	0.6 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	2.1 NW	4.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	7	10	10

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	13	11	10	10	11
Energy(?)	566	822	1380	1740	2277	3066	2351	2258	1974	1723	1454	1266	1531	1073	1073	1155	818	1021	604	532	416	513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:16AM 2.55					10:33PM 1.99			9:23AM 2.61					11:12PM 2.14				10:22AM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)		2:13AM 1.23				3:09PM -0.17				3:27AM 1.09					4:30PM -0.22			2:13AM 1.03	4:26AM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	7	6	6	9	13	15	8	7	6	6	5	9	14	11	9	11	8	14	9	11	13	12
Chill °C (?)	6	4	4	8	12	13	5	5	3	4	3	8	13	11	8	11	7	13	8	11	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.0 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	10	11	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	13	11	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	12	12	8	9	18	18	8	8	12	10	10	16	11	11	9	10	15	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	0.4 WNW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	1.2 NNW	2.5 NW	0.4 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NNW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	11	14	17	14	14	13	15
Energy(?)	533	542	566	607	467	391	934	1143	1380	1401	1519	1740	108	1423	2799	618	2734	158	2622	2554	2351	2321
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											8:16AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)					2:04AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	7	7	10	6	6	6	6	7	9	17	13	12	14	11	26	9	9	8	12
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	6	5	9	5	4	4	4	6	8	17	11	10	13	9	26	7	7	5	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	0.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	1.2 NNW	2.5 NW	0.4 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NNW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	14	11	14	17	14	14	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	12	9	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	9	13	14	9	13	9	18	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	4	4	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
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